Ashish

Mgmt Consultant | SDABocconi + ISB + NIT Surat Alumini | Loves Tech driven Transformation, Equity Investing, and Vedic Astrology । Sanatani

[Ashish @post2ashish]

Connecting the dots between this video, Elon doing an audit of gold @ Fort Knox, India getting back its gold from England, and RBI no longer issuing new SGBs. They all point that there is more gold on paper than in reality. A run to secure one's own #gold is about to begin.

[Eric Yeung 👍🚀🌕 @KingKong9888]

The BOE melted down a sovereign CB’s allocated #Gold??? 🤡🤡🤡

What a super nice custodian!!! Western Rule-of-Law wins again???🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

[Nithin Kamath @Nithin0dha]

The biggest takeaway for me after meeting @bryan_johnson was debunking the myth I once believed: that only Delhi in India has an air quality problem—and that it occurs only in winter.

We recorded @nikhilkamathcio’s (link in the following tweet) WTF podcast in a sea-facing apartment in Bandra, Mumbai, and the AQI was a whopping 160+. If the AQI was this high in Bandra, just imagine the levels in the more crowded parts of the town.

Later, I got an AQI meter for our office in J.P. Nagar—a quiet corner of Bengaluru—and was shocked to see it reading 120+. Again, imagine how much worse it might be in the busier parts of the city. What makes matters trickier in Bengaluru is the dust from the ongoing construction boom and poor roads.

Most places in the US and Europe have AQIs below 50, which is considered good. An AQI of 50 to 100 is moderate, 100 to 150 is poor, 150 to 200 is unhealthy, 200 to 250 is severe, and above 250 is hazardous.

Long-term exposure to poor air quality can cause lung damage, cardiovascular problems, compromised immunity, an increased risk of cancer, and more—all of which ultimately affect quality of life. In Delhi, for example, the AQI can reach 500 or more in winter and 200+ in summer.

This has bothered me ever since. Everyone should have equal access to clean air. With water, you can use a filter to ensure decent quality. But what about air? We seem to have gotten used to the fact that air pollution is just a part of life, and we’re okay with breathing low-quality air—even though clean air is a fundamental right granted to citizens by the Constitution.

So, shouldn’t property prices be linked to AQI? The higher the AQI, the lower the real estate prices should be. That means if an area has poor air quality, property prices and rents should be lower, and vice versa. After all, by living in such areas, you are accepting higher odds of respiratory ailments, cancer, etc.

There also doesn’t seem to be much research on this in India. If you are a researcher thinking about or working on this topic, we’d love to connect with you. Perhaps some large hospital chains would be willing to provide anonymized data sets on health issues for researchers to work on.

Please let us know if you are working on AQI, its impact on both personal and public health, or if you intend to explore it further. We at @RainmatterOrg would like to collaborate. We are trying to improve quality of life, and air quality plays a significant role in many cities across the country. 1/3

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@SubramanianKri @nsitharaman I agree that tax cuts will boost consumption & provide much reqd relief.

Can this multiplier effect on economy be backtested with tax cuts in the past? eg: In 2023, our GDP grew @ 7.6% .. In 2024, FM gave some tax benefits but our GDP is still growing @ much lesser sub 7%

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@JaikyYadav16 Police, Society, Courts do not listen to men facing abuse in marriage. Rather exploit and terrorize them. #498A

After suffering for 3 decades, men have started recording their dying statements hoping they will be heard as court believe that a dying person speaks truth.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A machine that shows how processors perform additions with binary numbers.
https://t.co/cUlvfvbo0A

[Ashish @post2ashish]

US & China will be mass-producing Humanoids in next 2-3 years & supply them to the world. Dependency on Indian blue collar workforce overseas will reduce. Knowledge jobs are already being made redundant by Agentic AI.

[Naresh Nambisan I ValuationMantra I SEBI Reg RA @nareshbahrain]

They have come.😉

The Chinese startup Agibot has begun mass-producing AI robots designed to assist in warehouses & factories, navigate stores, as well as handle tasks like cleaning and doing laundry.
The lineup features both humanoid & wheeled robots, with nearly 1,000 units already produced. Sales will commence soon, exclusively for businesses, w/pricing available upon request.👇
https://t.co/lJQjEjeFYR

[Ashish @post2ashish]

Nifty50 has been bearish for most of Q3. Many Sectoral indices are also bearish. H&S pattern seen. Indian economy is struggling with high inflation and low growth. This situation is after pro-market Modi govt has won elections.

It is time to be cautious.

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@Akshat_World Don't be so harsh on Indian govt. We will supply meritorious skilled brain power to the world. Sharing is caring :)

And those who remain in India will provide market to the products (tech, pharma, science, et al) this exported brain power will produce. #Vishwaguru

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@Akshat_World Patience and Hope thresholds for an individual may be unlimited... but the time is limited. Hoping/Waiting for things to improve is not a good option if there are alternatives available.

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@elonmusk @iamyesyouareno @MarioNawfal and india through it's 60% reservations is ensuring that it's talent is exported to the globe...

India's contribution to the world family "वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्"

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@IndiaNewGen Here is what @BJP4India promised ...

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@IndiaNewGen Govt is increasing indirect taxes but not reducing direct taxes .. govt indicated that they will eliminate direct taxes..

Until that happens, service middle class has to bear double taxation (both on earning and on spending) ..

[Ashish @post2ashish]

The most powerful country is urging its citizens to return back to science/innovation/excellence rather than spending too much time on entertainment.

This is exactly what @BJP4India @INCIndia shud promote if India has to compete with global powers. Reward Merit, End Reservation.

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:

Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.

A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.

A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.

(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).

More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”

Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.

Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.

“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.

This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.

That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@TraderHarneet There are no incentives to marry early anymore. Better to marry in late 30s.

For men, family laws are anti-men and destroy life/career in case marriage does not work out.
For women, they don't want to limit their freedom (career/masti) by taking on family resp early on.

[Ashish @post2ashish]

All these Ladli yojna cash distribution schemes promising 70-80 Rs/day to women voters seem to be a pilot for introducing 'Universal Basic Income' in India. In next 10 yrs, it will likely expand to all adults with 0 income.

The onus to fund it will be on ~2% direct tax payers.

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@justshailendra 12th house from rashi or lagna ?

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@PTI_News Congress playing the same game with BJP that BJP played with Rahul Gandhi..

It's so easy for a woman to frame a man .. once framed, all round exploitation starts..

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@Suhelseth It depends on chef.. if sugar is added to sambar than 18% else 5% .

If restrnt charges 5%, there cud be a GST notice later claiming tax has been evaded by not adding sugar. So, it's better to add some sugar and charge 18%, else baad mein IT walon ko mithai deni padegi.

[Ashish @post2ashish]

@JellyIvy Justice system is broken.. high corruption almost everywhere.

[Ashish @post2ashish]

This doesn't sound healthy for democracy.. @BJP4India should support more transparency rather than limiting it.